Description: (Austrian Botanist Who Developed Several New Disease-Resistant Crops)
Erich von Tschermak, an Austrian agronomist, is renowned for his contributions to developing disease-resistant crops, including wheat-rye and oat hybrids. He earned his doctorate from the University of Halle and became a professor at the University of Agricultural Sciences Vienna. Tschermak was instrumental in independently rediscovering Gregor Mendel's genetic work and subsequently publishing his own findings in 1900. His research in genetics was greatly influenced by his brother, Armin von Tschermak-Seysenegg.